Command-line tool

putty

brew/putty

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Implementation of Telnet and SSH cross-platform foss ssh telnet xterm tty rlogin puttygen plink psftp supdup xpfnzksklbp7rj

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id PuTTY.PuTTY -e
scoop bucket add extras; scoop install extras/putty

macOS

brew install putty

Linux

brew install putty

Connect to a remote host via SSH

putty -ssh username@hostname_or_ip

Connect to a remote host on a specific [P]ort

putty -ssh username@hostname_or_ip -P port

Load a saved session

putty -load session_name

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